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"news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. coming home this morning, amanda knox is waking up free for the first time in four years. when she could be returning to the united states. good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome back for this tuesday, october 4th, 2011. we're going to take a live look outside at 5:01. 49 degrees. it is chilly out there but a nice change with a sunshine back in our forecast. >> nobody wanted that dreary part for as long as we had it. the last mostly sunny day we had was three weeks back. big wow. we want the brilliant and bright stuff so that we can get busy getting ready for fall. out there right now, we've got some clouds and even a few little sprinkles that are still falling around the area. 52 is the temperature. won't need the umbrella today. not even enough for that. the wind at 3 miles per hour. it's going to pick up to 15, even 25 miles per hour. that will be later this afternoon. other locations, brandy wine and greenbelt, you're coming in at 51 degrees. col colesville and potomac, chilly at 46. we only got 53 yesterday. the blobs and the green, those are sprinkles in front royal heading up to d.c. by 9:00 a.m., we'll be done with the sprinkles. start to clear by noon. partly sunny, breezy through the day. high 67 to 68. evening planner forecast here, temperatures will start dropping off down to only 58 degrees by 11:00 p.m. we will continue to clear out. so for this early part of the day still damp and chilly but with a huge improvement by the afternoon. big time for the rest of the week. i'll have the seven day forecast in a couple of minutes. >> good morning. if you're taking the drive along 270, i'm not seeing any issues. in fact, in both directions, a lot of green. that means you're traveling at a goodspeed. i'll give you the view from falls road. no problems at all as you make your way towards the spur. and traveling i-95 as you make the drive past lorton, you can see still clear in this area. in fact, in both directions north and south and continuing on to 395 at this time. not seeing any delays. on the rails so far, metro, marc, and vre are all running on time or close to schedule. now back to you both. >> danella, thank you. this morning amanda knox is free to go home. right now she's reportedly in obama at the airport and waiting for a flight home. overnight she expressed thanks in a letter written to an italian organization that supported her. she thanked all italians who "shared my suffering and let me survive with hope." knox left the prison she's been living in for four years last night. the president of the italy foundation said inmates were chanting for her at the prison. an italian appeals court threw out knox's and her former boyfriend's convictions for the murder of meredith kercher. they threw out crucial dna evidence used to convict them. knox and her boyfriend have always maintained their innocence. >> we are thankful for the support we received from all over the world. people who took time to research the case and could see that amanda and rafael were innocent. >> meredith kercher's family released a statement that read "we respect the decision of the judges, but we do not understand how the decision of the first trial could be so radically o r overturned." >> a crowd of family and supporters cheered halfway around the world as knox was acquitted. the group began to chant she's free, and we did it. members of the group friends of amanda were overjoyed by the verdict. >> i feel like passing out. i'm so overwhelmed. it's just -- it's amazing. tlling it's great. >> this is what we were waiting for. we're very happy. we'll take her any way we can get her. >> knox and her family are expected to return to seattle. her supporters say they're planning a boisterous welcome home celebration. happening today, the trial for the so-called underwear bomber is expected to begin. he was hauled off a flight from amsterdam to detroit on christmas day 2009 after trying to set off a bomb stitched in his underwear. the young nigerian is expected to denounce america as the enemy of islam while representing himself at trial. a man accused of attempting to fly model airplanes filled with explosives into the pentagon and u.s. capitol pled not guilty in court. rezwan ferges appeared in a massachusetts court for a bail hearing. his lawyer asked for more time to prepare. undercover agents posing as al qaeda operatives delivered him explosives. the attorney says the case against her client was, quote, orchestrated and facilitated by the government. the anti-defamation league will hold a thank you ceremony for the agents. farooq ahmed was arrested last year after being part of a terror plot. he took pictures of metro stations and made suggestions on how to kill the most people. he was sentenced to 23 years in prison. the assistant director of washington's field office will accept the award. some drivers getting out of a speeding ticket after one of prince george's county speed cameras mistakenly issued citations. 23 drivers were cited for driving on high ridge road in bowie. the problem is the cameras are not supposed to be in operation on the weekend. the drivers will have the ticket waived or be reimbursed. it is not a county-wide problem, and the camera has been reprogrammed. researchers for the department of health say there is still no definitive link between an army base and a cancer cluster in the surrounding community. for years they've been studying claims the rate of cancer is higher in the area around ft ft. detrick in maryland. in an area about a mile around the base there is an increased incidence of cancer, but they can't pinpoint the cause. >> the problem they have is the data is not consistent. they don't have enough systems in place to actually evaluate it properly. >> we live in a farming community where a lot of things have been put down over the years. so i think it's jumping the gun to say we're looking at exposure from ft. detrick before we even find out where the cluster was before we can assess what the exposure might have been. >> many believe years of chemical weapons testing in and around ft. detrick is the cause of the cancer rate. however investigators say finding out the cause will take more time. the defense is expected to call final witnesses in the trial of a fairfax woman accused of killing her granddaughter. dela rosa's lawyers argue she was insane when she threw her grand daughter off a sidewalk at tyson's corner last december. park rangers testified that dela rosa attempted to take her life in a car crash two months before the tyson's incident. a suspected illegal immigrant arrested in prince william county died while in custody of the immigrations and customs enforcement bureau. workers at the farmville detention center found anibal ramirez in custody. he was diagnosed with liver failure. he died on sunday. an autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death. 5:09 is your time. 49 degrees. today is the day apple's big today i[ female announcer ]g we understand that today your life if full of responsibilities. so if you're thinking of going back to school we created the phoenix prep center, a personalized academic planning resource. and when you're ready to take that next step you can attend our orientation workshop, either on campus...or online to see if our university is right for you. our commitment to you begins before you even enroll. explore these resources and more at phoenix.edu. good morning. welcome back to news 4. it is 5:11 right now. we still have some clouds out there as we pan around the area. cloud cover and even a few sprinkles hanging on. this morning some chilly air. it's 52 degrees right now. the wind is light. only 3 miles per hour. let's take a look at the radar and see what's going on. those blobs that you see, those are the sprimpgnkles. they continue to make their way northwest to southeast. we find a bigger batch north and west of d.c., montgomery county, loudoun county, frederick county. this will be headed inside the beltway. i don't think you need the umbrella. these sprinkles short-lived, they come and go. hartl hardly enough to turn the windshield wiper on. partly sunny by 9:00 a.m. temperature 55 by then. mid-60s by lunch time today. breezy, going up to a high of 67 to 68. oh, my goodness, we get extended sunshine starting on wednesday. danella? >> veronica, that sounds good. on the roadways, looking pretty good as well. a lot of green in our area. traveling the beltway as you make your way into annapolis in both directions, i'm not seeing anything slowing you down just now. making the trip along the american legion bridge in both directions. inner loop and outer loop clear in that area. taking the 14th street bridge, i don't see any problems as you head into the city. on the sousa bridge, eun and joe, we're clearing this area as well. 5:13. 49 degrees. 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total comfort for both of you. and save $400 to $800 on our newest, most innovative bed sets. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. we have breaking news right now. we understand that amanda knox is now on a plane and heading home back to the u.s. this after she was -- her decision for her conviction in the murder trial against her former roommate was overturned. now she is free to go home. we'll have the very latest on the arrival of amanda knox back here in the u.s. on news 4. delays on metro over the holiday weekend. metro will close the three stations along the green and yellow lines. shaw, "u" street, and columbia heights, for track work. the stations will shut down at 10:00 on friday and reopen on tuesday morning. shuttle buses will operate between mt. vernon square and georgia avenue stations. buses will replace trains between east falls church and west falls church. crews will be working on the dulles rail project. those two stations will shut down friday at 10:00 and reopen monday morning. the tsa is buying new equipment that will allow it to check airline passenger boarding passes for alterations, called identification technology. the scanners verify the boarding passes match. tsa says it will help passengers move through check points faster and improve overall security. the machines will be in place for testing next year. getting through airport security is about to get easier for select travelers. the program is called when he check. under the new program, tsa agents will assess passengers who volunteer more information about themselves before a flight. those passengers would be sent to secured lanes for expedited screening. it begins next year atlanta, detroit, dallas/ft. worth, and miami. apple will introduce its new upgrade in smart phones, but the question remains, will it be the iphone 5, and who will be able to get their hands on it? angie goff joins us in the news room with a preview of this much awaited reveal. >> rumors have it the iphone 5 and a cheaper version of the iphone 4 will be released today. the new model called the iphone 5 is said to be faster, bigger touch screen, better camera, and a two tier level. techies are already raving about the expected new software. >> i'd like a romantic place for italian food near my office. >> the artificial intelligence will let your phone find restaurants and cabs and other things. over time, based on your behavior, your personal assistant will learn and adapt to your personal needs. who can get the new smart phone is the big question this morning as online tech site boy genius reports, the iphone 5 will be available to sprint and only sprint right off the bat. the company has reportedly entered into a $20 billion exclusive agreement with apple. the report adds verizon and at&t will get the iphone 4s. still a whole lot of questions out there. the top tech sites are guessing the new iphone will be available in a couple weeks and will cost around $200 f that sprint rumor holds true, we're going to have a lot of angry people out there. it's only 20 minutes after 5:00, and i already heard a couple of outbursts of disapproval in our news room alone. >> i'm sure you'll get a lot more on the social media sites if this turns out to be true. angie, thanks for that update. facebook's overhaul has been delayed. it's putting out a time line which organizes user profiles into a scrapbook of past updates. a website called timelines.com requested a restraining order saying the name hurts its business. a young boy in turkey is being hailed a hero after stopping a jewelry robbery. >> the boy is just 12 years old. the armed robber walks in wearing a surgical mask and demands jewelry and cash. that's when the shop owner's son jumps the robber. he and his father are able to shove the robber out the door. the suspect takes off but didn't get very far. police arrested him a short time after the robbery. >> good for him. >> yikes. >> very dangerous. shouldn't do that to somebody with a gun in their hand. congratulations. glad it all worked out well. >> thank goodness he's okay. >> exactly. let's get a look at our forecast with veronica. finally a break for us. you've got to look a little hard here with the dark morning sky where the clouds are. a few in the middle of the screen. few in the far right corner of your screen. so mostly cloudy. even a few sprinkles falling here at this hour. 52 is the temperature. the wind is light. the winds are going to be picking up this afternoon as high pressure starts to move in. we're at 45 adegrees north and west. washington county, frederick county, montgomery county at 46. 52 right inside the district. morning sprinkles continuing to make their way southeast. those sprinkles should be over around 9:00 a.m.s the pesky storm system moves on out of here, and high pressure moves in. from the 60s today, upper 60s, down to the 50s, not as chilly tonight. 70 tomorrow. there will be a lot of warm air moving in. the forecast for today going up to a high of 65 to 68. today our transition day as we move into more sunshine coming our way the next couple of days. it's been three weeks since we've had a mostly sunny day. 50s tonight. here's your four-day forecast, showing you the end of the week. still sunny and around 70 degrees. weekend upper 70s. danella? >> good morning. right now if you're traveling 95 north, report of a car fire here as you make your way to just before you get to 175 in this area. i'm watching and still seeing traffic flowing. i'm going to keep watching this to see if we get that out of the roadway. continuing onto the beltway in maryland, it's very clear inner loop and outer loop. i don't see anything slowing you down as you make the commute to virginia. earlier an accident at braddock road. that's out of the roadway. you can see you're making a good travel speed as you make your commute this morning. as we head over to d.c., 14th and new york, good morning, d.c. your roadways are clear. i don't see any crashes or incidents to report to you f you're taking the rails, metro, marc, and vre all are running on time and with no delays. back to you both. getting around southeast washington is getting a little easier. a new circular bus route is operating. it's the first to cross the anacostia river. it runs between the potomac avenue metro station to the sky land neighborhood in southeast. the buses will run weekdays between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 at night. if you watched the monday night football game last night, you may have noticed something wasn't quite right at the start of the game. >> change is the only constant in this league. for every fallen leader, there is a rising star. >> did you notice the difference? that's right. no hank williams jr. singing "are you ready for some football?" espn pulled the famous song because of controversial comments made by williams yesterday on the "fox and friends" show on fox news in which he compared president obama to adolf hitler. williams apologized for the remark and said his analogy was misunderstood. madonna fans, you may want to plan a super bowl party. sb nation reports the material girl will perform during halftime at the super bowl. 46 next year. they cite unnamed sources for saying that. the nfl and madonna have not commented on the report. with or without madonna, you can watch the super bowl here on nbc 4 february the 5th live from lucas oil stadium in indianapolis. >> you've got to give it to madonna, after decades in the business, she is still going strong. >> looks great too. a band from russia is hitting the road in a whole new way. >> they're not waiting for a venue to play. they're jamming along the way. the trio was spotted by a driver in russia out on the open road acting out on a specially created motorcycle and sidebar. the video which was just uploaded to youtube on sunday has 700,000 views. the band mates still have not been identified. >> look, ma, no hands. >> a the little tough on those sim balances. three streets are among the great streets of america. >> all are pedestrian friendly with a lot of shops. "u" street in the district, king street in alexandria and, davis street in culpepper are on the list. the american planning association came out with its list of ten great streets for 2011. the organization chose streets that highlight the role of great city planning while exemplifying exceptional character and creating communities of lasting value. congratulations. the time right now is 5:26. the time right now is 5:26. coming up, why leslie johnson man: the forecast -- plenty of sunshine through today with seasonable temperatures. we should reach our normal high by this afternoon. hey, ellen! what are you doing? not much -- just brewing up some dunkin' donuts coffee. want some? 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long race. that race has been, of course, the clouds that we've had for weeks now, truly for weeks, and it's been dismal and dreary around here. in fact, the finish line right there. i'm going to put the finish line about noon, lunch time today, because really it's after that when we'll start to see clearing and sunshine come our way. 52 as we take a look around our area. right now anacostia at 52 degrees. baileys cross roads in fairfax, 48. 52 in pax river this morning. there's a look at some of the clouds still lingering early on. you've got to look hard to see where the breaks are. sprinkles in sterling and loudoun county. those are headed towards d.c., toward montgomery county and into fairfax county. not much longer. just really a sprinkle or two and not amounting to much of anything. the high today 67. 68 degrees. we should hit the mid-60s by lunch time today. all in all, it's going to be a nice day. danella? >> sounds really good, veronica. if you're about to head out of the house, your roadways are looking really clear. so far a good commute. taking 270, you can see from clarksburg all the way past germantown making your way past the spur some both directions. still seeing a lot of green. volume increasing just a bit at west montgomery avenue. it is not significant at all. no major delays just yet. taking i-66, i am seeing volume increase as you head past sully road. all the way on i-66 in both directions, all the way through to the rosslyn tunnel. nothing standing in the roadways for you, which is good. nice and clear at this time. no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. now back to you both. >> thank you very much, danella. this morning amanda knox is a free woman. new at 5:30, knox is reportedly boarding a flight at an airport in rome heading back to the u.s. overnight she expressed thanks in a letter written to an italian organization that supported her. she thanked all italians who she says, quote, shared my suffering and helped me survive with hope. knox left the prison she's been in for four years last night. the president of the foundation said inmates were chanting for her at the prison. an italian appeals court threw out knox's and her former boyfriend's convictions for the murder of meredith kercher. a dna review discredited crucial evidence used to convict knox. knox and her former boyfriend have always maintained their innocence. >> we're thankful that amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered four years for a crime she did not commit. >> meredith kercher's family was in court for the verdict as well. they released a statement in part that read, "we respect the decision of the judges, but we do not understand how the decision of the first trial could be so radically overturned." new this morning, a prosecutor told nbc news he will definitely file an appeal. former prince george's county council member leslie johnson whorb johnson, who pled guilty in a criminal probe, asked to postpone her hearing. right now her hearing is set for october the 13th. letter attorney filed paperwork seeking a delay because of, quote, scheduling conflicts. jack johnson was scheduled to be sentenced september 13th, but it was postponed to december 6th. council is expected to set up a task force to examine the council's ethics guidelines. it would take a broad review before drafting a new ethics code and giving it to the mayor and council. ethics reform has been a hot topic after several members violated ethics. fannie mae knew about trouble years ago but did nothing to stop them. that's a report from a government watchdog group. the report from the group finds problems first surfaced as far back as 2003, but it claims fannie mae did nothing to stop the alleged abuses after news reports first surfaced in 2012010t. their accused of violating laws with false foreclosure documents. the president's visit to a solar panel manufacturer. members of the president's cabinet were worried about the financial health of solyndra, which shut down just months after receiving a $550 million loan. the emergency room physician who treated michael jackson the day he died said that jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray never disclosed he gave michael jackson propofol. murray was desperate to bring him back to life although it was clear that jackson had not been breathing for hours. they said that propofol can be a serious life-threatening drug when taken without precautions. >> propofol can cause severe lung collapse, respiratory collapse, breathing collapse, and it could cause cardiovascular collapse. >> the defense maintains that jackson was an addict whose own actions led to his death. if convicted, murray faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license. >> today the defense is expected to call final witnesses in the trial of a fairfax woman accused of killing her grand daughter. carmela dela rosa's daughters argue she was invain when she threw 2-year-old angelyn ongdok off a sky walk at tyson's corner last november. she suffered from depression, but defense claims her daughter's pregnancy pushed her over the edge. park police testified dela rosa tried to take her own life in a car crash two months before the tyson's incident. a man died while in custody of customs immigration and enforcement. i.c.e. says that workers at the farmville detention center found anibal ramirez unconscious on saturday morning. he was hospitalized and diagnosed with liver failure, and he died on sunday. an autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of his death. the drink four loko is now being forced to relabel its cans after the government said the alcoholic malt drink is misleading consumers. the federal trade commission told fusion projects, the makers of four loko, to show that one super size can contains as much alcohol as four to five cans of beer and what should be considered servings because of the high alcohol content. they were forced to remove the caffeine 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issues tickets. a total of 18 drivers cited for speeding along high bridge road in bowie sunday, september 25th. but cameras in school zones are not supposed to be in operation on weekends. those drivers will have their ticket waived or reimbursed. the county says it's not a county-wide progrblem, and the company has been reprogrammed. fbi agents who uncovered a terror plot involving metro will be honored in a ceremony today. the anti-defamation league is holding the ceremony for the agents. farooq ahmed was arrested last year after joining what he believed was an al qaeda plot to bomb the transit system. he took pictures and video of several metro stations and made suggestions on how to kill the most people. he was sentenced to 23 years in prison, the assistant director of washington's field office will accept the award. this morning researchers for the department of health says there's no definitive link between a local army base and a suspected cancer cluster in the surrounding community. for years the government has been studying claims the rate of cancer is higher in communities around ft. detrick in maryland. it did show a slight increase in lymphoma based between 1992 and 2008 in an area about a mile around the base, but they cannot pinpoint the ruts. >> the problem that the data they have is not consistent, and they don't have enough systems in place to actually evaluate it properly. >> we live in a farming community where a lot of things have been put down over the years. so i think it's jumping the gun to say we're looking at exposures from ft. detrick before we even find out where the cluster was so wick assess what the chemical exposure might have been. officials say getting answers about the exact cause will take some time. donald trump's latest business venture is bringing him to virginia today. the billionaire businessman will celebrate the grand opening of the trump vineyard estates. virginia governor bob mcdonnell and trump's son will be present along with donald trump for the opening. chris christie could join the presidential race as early as today. the new jersey governor has been mulling a presidential run after several high profile republicans have pleaded with him to get into the race. it could dramatically reshape the 2012 presidential race. christie is reportedly asking top republicans to hold off on any especially dorisments. a shakeup for michelle bachmann's staff as she tries to revive her campaign. four staffers have now left her campaign. bachmann said the departures were planned and have nothing to do with her slumping poll numbers. three of the staffers are returning to her congressional office. marylanders are almost split on whether to allow same sex marriage. 41% of voters favor allowing same sex marriage while 49% are against the legislation. the split appears to be on racial lines. of those who approve of gay marriage, 51% are white. while those that disapprove, 59% is african american. governor martin o'malley is pushing for same sex marriage in a new ad campaign. >> join us as we work to push marriage equality in the state of maryland. >> the campaign is organized by the group marylanders for marriage equality. governor o'malley plans to sponsor a bill that allows same sex marriages while still aposing them. police in montgomery county may release a composite sketch of a woman. police say the 56-year-old woman was inside her kitchen when the man opened the sliding glass door. he reportedly grabbed her from behind, threw her to the floor, and tried to take off her clothes. police say the woman fought back and the suspect took off. investigators say the woman and neighbors gave a good description of the suspect. congress is putting the immigration debate in the spotlight today. you're looking live at the capitol where lawmakers are set to discover how more stringent immigration laws are affecting farm labor in the u.s. farmers are in danger of going out of business because no one is showing up to harvest the field. both states recently adopted arizona type immigration laws. ben bernanke will face questions on capitol hill. he'll appear before the joint economic committee to discuss the economic outlook. bernanke has faced criticism from lawmakers because of a lack of growth in the economy. if you haven't done it yet, you're missing out. >> we're giving away great stuff for our facebook fans. just like the nbc washington page on facebook for your chance to win great prizes. today's prize is a nook e-reader. we'll choose the winner at the 6:00 p.m. news cast and announce the winner at 11:00. >> good stuff. let's get the forecast. here's veronica. today will be one of those days where we do not forget very easily because the sun will come back. this will be the kind of sunshine we haven't had in an extremely long time. we had one sunny day that was three weeks back. when we get the sun, it's going to stay with us for a couple of days. it's the dreary weather like this where we really appreciate the sunshine that much more. right now outside, it's not sunny at all. we still have clouds overhead. in fact, the sun comes up today at 7:07. temperature currently at 52 degrees. wind is light right now. that wind is going to be picking up as the day unfolds. it will be a breezy to gusty afternoon for tuesday. come down inside the beltway, 5 # degrees. annapolis at 50. good morning to you. it's 50 in fredericksburg, virginia. still cloud cover around the area, but notice the brakes. front royal through frederick, more of the brakes showing up. lunch time today, partly sunny and mostly sunny for late afternoon. there's a look at radar. showers continuing to break up. sprinkles really. a big pesky storm system off the coast of new jersey and continuing to move away. we're going to get stuck in another pattern. that's going to be a sunny pattern. we're not complaining. temperatures into the upper 60s. drop down into the 70s tomorrow. a lot of warm air pushing out of the plains headed this way. we get stuck with a ridge of high pressure over us and several days into the 70s. today 68 for your evening. dropping from the mid-60s to the upper 50s. mostly clear. not as chilly. here's your four-day forecast. today's high 68 degrees. breezy for the afternoon. 72 tomorrow. much calmer wind. 71 by friday. the weekend, 74 to 77 degrees. beautiful. danella? >> good morning. we had a car fire on i-95 just prior to 175. chopper is flying over that area right now. we have a tow truck on the scene, and luckily the car is in the shoulder lane. while the tow truck gets ready to tow the car out of the way, i don't see anything slowing you down. as chopper 4 pans out, you can see traffic is flowing quite smooth on 295 north. i-270 starting to see a slow down from urbanna out to clarksburg. you may see some relief at clarksburg, but showing you father hurley, traffic is increase can just a bit. nothing is standing in your roadway of the as you make your commute from father hurley doup to the spur, you are clear. ask yourself what would you do? i big surprise for one driver thin st. petersburg, florida. he came across this 400-pound alligator in the middle of the road. he thought it was a log, but the log started crossing the road. he called police. they responded along with a professional trapper. it took an hour to corral that gator. tie that bad boy up and put it in the truck. take it home. congestion in northern virginia is the worst in the region, according to governor bob mcdonnell. now he's commissioning a study to figure out how to change that. the study is called super nova. it will take a look at broader commuter patterns from d.c. and virginia. the goal is to develop a comprehensive plan that will increase mobility and give people more transportation choices. the virginia department of rail and public transportation will lead the study, which will take a year to complete. here's something you don't see every day. in honor of breast cancer awareness month, the white house turned pinch overnight. take a look at that. the north side of 1600 pennsylvania avenue along with the naval observatory are both lit up with the color pink for one night only. all through the month of october, millions across the u.s. will take part in efforts to raise money for breast cancer research and education. celebrities are also honoring breast cancer awareness month. actress jennifer aniston joined joe biden and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius yesterday and toured the breast cancer center which will open next week. it offers treatment options and speci specializes in digital mammography and mris. starbucks started a fund to stimulate job creation. it's called create jobs usa fund. starbucks and several institutions are teaming up for the venture. ceo howard schultz called the fund an engine for job growth that has now stalled. it's designed to give entrepreneurs access to credit so they can hire again. starbucks foundation gave $5 million to get the fund started. starting on the 1st of november, start bucks customers will be able to donate to the fund. >> it's much needed at this point in our economy. hopefully t will stir up some jobs. >> anything to spur job growth is helpful. the man who wowed the world with michelle obama's inaugural gown now targets -- get it? middle america. >> high end designer jason woo will make a line for target. this is the gown that made jason woo famous. mrs. obama wore this the night of president obama's inauguration. jason woo for target will be old in stores and jn line. it will arrive in february. after target's last designer line called missoni caused a frenzy last month. the website crashed, and every item was ripped off store shelves within a few hours of the item's launch. >> what kind of stuff do you think you can buy at target? probably not inaugural gowns. >> i bet you he'll have really nice things. he's a young designer, up and coming. michelle obama really put him on the map. i'm sure his phone is ringing off the hook. do i get in line, joe in that's the question. >> we'll cover the next hour for you. go ahead. >> 5:57. 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